am i able to sue my employer for false accusations?

Answer 1

If you sue an employer, plan on going into business for yourself. Who will hire a lawsuit lotto loser ever again?

Answer 2

It depends on a few things. For starters, I'm assuming that they are indeed false. That assumed, the accusations have to have been conveyed to a third party. If they were only said to you, and nobody else in the world knows or can get ahold of the comments, then you can't sue.
Also, you had to have suffered a loss. If it was just a harmless comment, and nobody cared, the employer's also safe. There are exceptions to that, and those exceptions are if you were accused of having AIDs or a disease that made you unfit to work, if the comments made someone believe that you are incompetent at your trade, or if it caused someone to believe you are a 'promiscuous woman'.
Also, the accusations must be specific. If the employer said, for example, "All construction workers are thieves", and you're a construction worker, you can't sue, because it wasn't specific.
Finally, it depends on whether the comments were spoken or permanent. (written, recorded, broadcasted, etc) You'll have more luck if it was permanent. If it wasn't permanent, then you'll have to prove all the above conditions.

That's about it.

Answer 3

You can sue for almost anything. Whether it will survive a motion to dismiss is something entirely different. It helps if you can prove that you were actually, calculably, damaged by the accusations.

Answer 4

Well, in this date and time the burden of proof is yours. You must have documented evidence of their slander.

Answer 5

HELL yeah! Good luck though, it is hard to prove unless you have it in writing or several witnesses.